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OCS 18 SEP 17 | IWC Board

FormerRecruitingGuru

FormerRecruitingGuru

Making Recruiting Great Again
Vincent said:
Rufio & NavyOffRec,

Age -28
OAR - 59
B.A. Economics (I started a small business during school and simply just got the degree to get it.)

Definitely have been given nothing but the advice you are saying via priors/fleet applicants.

Regarding applying for SWO. Everything I read for SWO is hands down - ZERO waivers for GPA. With a Masters, will that NOT replace my GPA for SWO applications? I fear there is zero point going for SWO and then applying to laterally transfer later on after getting my pin if the GPA is that important for SWO.
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The most recent PA has stated GPA can be waived as low as a 2.0 if your Evals have MPs or EPs.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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Tope said:
I'm typically just a lurker but I wanted to address some of the claims I'm seeing in this board about what is or is not competitive. One cannot know precisely what the board members are looking for, the best we can do from this end is observe those we see speaking about their experience and try to spot patterns and correlations. This does not mean that even our most consistent correlations are correct. They are correlations. That said I want to put this out there for everyone to see:

I am 26 with 4 years, 5 months active duty. I am a CTN2, tested in September for 1st class. My evals are thus: P, MP, EP (transfer), NOB. I have 1 FLOC, one NAM. My PT scores are meh, good medium till Spring when I got my first ever excellent. I have a bachelors from an engineering college in geologic engineering where I had a 3.0 GPA and C's in calc and physics. My ASTB was a 53, I went ahead and did the aviation portion because why not and got 6's. My LORs were from a CDR who is now (but wasn't then) the CO of my old command and a LCDR. I had 3 glowing interviews from all LTs.

The rest was what I could say for myself which is that I want the best for my Navy and my Sailors and I'm willing to make the hard decisions to ensure that the best is what they get. I took what opportunities I had as a 2nd class at a huge command to take care of my sailors, to reach out to the surrounding community and better both. My stats aren't great so I have to assume that I was selected for 1810 because of my commitment and drive to make a better, healthier, stronger Navy.

Also, congratulations, you just met a "(soon to be) officer active duty that has picked up OCS on the first try".
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You have one of the lowest GPA's I have seen picked up, then again you are in an IWC rate, have a tech degree with calc and physics.

The target person has a tech degree, and high GPA, sometimes people don't meet the perfect profile but also have what you have AD experience in a IWC rate!
 
FormerRecruitingGuru

FormerRecruitingGuru

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NavyOffRec said:
You have one of the lowest GPA's I have seen picked up, then again you are in an IWC rate, have a tech degree with calc and physics.

The target person has a tech degree, and high GPA, sometimes people don't meet the perfect profile but also have what you have AD experience in a IWC rate!
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I believe there was a guy, enlisted ET who had similar stats but with a 2.9 GPA get CW on here a few years ago.
 
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AULANI

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Pro-rec Y for Intel. Congrats to other people that got the good news. For others that didn't get it, don't get discouraged. Sometimes it comes down to timing... you can have a really strong package but you submitted yours at the same time some really sharp people did.

For the enlisted folks that are applying, it's good to see there are some really great people in the community. Continue to take care of the people under your charge and take every opportunity to learn something new. Not getting a commission isn't the end of the world (although you may feel that way now). If you stay enlisted your entire career, the Navy would be better for it. If you decide to get out and join the civilian sector, you will be light years ahead of your peers in the same field.
 
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